Paper Offers Way to Trim Prescription Drug Costs in Set-Asides

One of the hardest parts of settling some claims is winning the government's blessing for a proposed Medicare set-aside. And future drug costs are typically one of the most costly things that the Centers for Medicare and Medicare Services insist on before approving a settlement.A white paper to be presented next month in Atlanta urges claims adjusters to think long-term and start weaning claimants off of drugs long before approaching CMS with a proposed set-aside to settle a workers' compensation claim. The paper, written by executives for ISO Crowe Paradis and Prium, reports that ther...